From ASIFA-SF Newsletter, Sept 2016 Issue. UPDATE ON KATZENBERG AND DWA On Aug. 22 the sale of DWA for $3.8 billion was completed. NBCUniversal now owns DreamWorks Animation and Katzenberg is chair of DreamWorks New Media,that includes digital-focused properties such as AwesomenessTV. Before the sale was finalized he attended previews of his upcoming films Trolls […]

From Cartoon Brew: BREAKING! The beleaguered DreamWorks Animation just announced in a written statement that it will eliminate approximately 500 jobs at its company, far exceeding the previously anticipated number of layoffs. Many of those five hundred layoffs will come from the unexpected shutdown of one of its main studios, PDI DreamWorks, in Redwood City, […]

From Animation Magazine: Reports out of Hollywood say that DreamWorks Animation, which has been troubled by under-performing releases in recent years, is expected to lay off a good chunk of its staff at the studio’s Glendale and Redwood City campuses. The cull is part of cost-cutting measures, and is anticipated to match 2003′s mass lay […]

From the DreamWorks Animation YouTube page. Watch the first five minutes of How to Train Your Dragon 2! Website: http://www.howtotrainyourdragon.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HowToTrainYou… Twitter: http://twitter.com/dwanimation The thrilling second chapter of the epic HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON trilogy brings us back to the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years after the two have successfully […]

Spend an evening with DreamWorks Animation! Get an insider’s perspective on the art from Mr. Peabody & Sherman, The Croods and Madagascar. All students and alumni welcome. Bring your questions! Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM 491 Post St. / Morgan Auditorium Unfortunately, DreamWorks Animation will not allow us to stream or […]

Bay Area Women in Film and Media is hosting a Women in Animation Panel at DreamWorks Redwoods Studio this Thursday at 6:30 pm. What’s the magic behind highly-successful animated films such as the “Shrek” saga, “Madagascar,” “Kung Fu Panda,” “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” and many more? Come and discover it first-hand at the “Women of […]